Collaborative Research: A Comprehensive Pathway for K-Gray Engineering Education

K-Gray工程教育路径是美国国家科学数字图书馆(NSDL)的工程“翅膀”。它提供了一个全面的工程门户网站，提供工程、计算机科学、信息技术和工程技术方面的高质量教学资源。项目目标是：1)将需求和TeachEngineering合并到一个统一的K-Gray工程教育数字图书馆；2)以可持续的方式显著增长NSDL工程路径的优质资源；3)使统一的课程材料与适当的本科和K-12教育标准保持一致；4)增加内容提供商和用户的参与；5)加强工程路径内容的质量控制和审查协议；以及6)为工程路径的可持续性创建非营利性战略和合作伙伴关系。该项目还通过编目和审查以妇女为中心和为少数群体服务的组织创建的课程资源，扩大了路径的性别平等和族裔多样性部分。K-Gray工程教育途径通过吸引K-12社区和高等教育机构、工程专业学会、工程研究中心、NSF K-12项目和教唆，正在产生深远的影响。评估计划的关键要素包括基于社区的需求分析、使用指标的定义和收集以及中期和最终评估。传播活动包括通过项目和合作机构网络发送电子邮件，在提供相关教育材料的网站上部署电子材料，以及在会议技术会议和讲习班上进行面对面介绍，每个阶段都旨在让受众更好地掌握K-Gray资源和应用程序。

The K-Gray Engineering Education Pathway is the engineering "wing" of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). It provides a comprehensive engineering portal for high-quality teaching and learning resources in engineering, computer science, information technology and engineering technology. Project goals are to: 1) merge NEEDS and TeachEngineering into a unified K-Gray engineering educational digital library, 2) significantly grow high quality resources in the NSDL Engineering Pathway in a sustainable way, 3) align the unified curricular materials with appropriate undergraduate and K-12 educational standards, 4) grow the participation of content providers and users, 5) enhance quality control and review protocols for Engineering Pathway content, and 6) create a nonprofit strategy and partnership for the sustainability of the Engineering Pathway. This project also expands the Pathway's gender equity and ethnic diversity components by cataloging and reviewing curricular resources created by female-centric and minority-serving organizations. The K-Gray Engineering Education Pathway is having far-reaching impact by engaging K-12 communities and institutions of higher education, engineering professional societies, engineering research centers, NSF K-12 programs, and ABET. Key elements of the evaluation plan include a community-based needs analysis, definition and collection of usage metrics, and mid-term and final evaluations. Dissemination activities include email delivered through project and collaborating institution networks, electronic materials deployed on websites offering related educational materials, and in-person presentations at conference technical sessions and workshops, with each phase designed to provide audiences with greater command of K-Gray resources and applications.